Chemical kinetics order of reaction and activation energy

• ultranova3

  15 Sep 07, 00:37

  Hi
  I did my experiment on kinetic today. reaction between iodide and persulfate. However, i feel that my results are screwed.
  Have anyone done this experiment before? can you tell me the order of reaction wrt to iodide and persulfate, and rate constant for the whole equation.
  
  I have a feeling it will be order one wrt to iodide and one wrt to persulfate but my experiments data give different results.
  
  And also for reaction between permanganate and oxalic acid, what is the activation energy required?
  
  Thank you in advance.
• ^tamago^

  15 Sep 07, 01:05

  i also believe is of first order for both reactants.
• unclebutcher

  15 Sep 07, 09:34

  is your expt. skill b or c? one of them doesn't care about your results.
• ultranova3

  15 Sep 07, 18:31

  This one is not SPA.
  I have found out one exercise: yeah my feeling is correct, first order wrt to iodide and first order wrt to persulfate.
  now i need to find value k.
  Have anyone did this exercise, can help me find value of k?